Keith Cronk Vice President for Information Technology Keith Cronk takes on new title, leads campus into technology VP's familyj ourneys home to Australia f or campaign : • • • • • • • • • • • • • • by chrissy ingram Keith Cronk filled bigger shoes this year, • week to join the campaign with Harding and go beingnamed vice president for information tech- : door knocking," Cronk said. nology services while continuing in the role of • Cronk, his wife Reet and their two daughters, chief information officer. • Penny and Christy, will be going back to Australia The position widened the • this May. But this visit will be spectrum of his duties to in- different. elude the library and media "Having been on the The family won't be houscenter. Cronk was involved in ing the Harding students or programs such as the transla- other end of a campaign, missing school to join the door tion of the Jule Miller instruc- 9 know how it encour- knocking outreach. This year tional videos into Albanian, ages the brethren.. We they will be a part of the camthe addition of new technol- paign, as missionaries in their ogy in the library and the in- are praljing about it and home country. clusion of more technology in talking about it. C-Che "Having been on the other classrooms. m0iin objective is to work endofacampaign,Iknowhow "We try to help the faculty with churches in their it encourages the brethren," incorporatetechnologyintotheir Cronk said. "I think my family teaching in a way that is not dis- outreach program. We is prepared and wanting to do tracting, but helpful," he said. are trljing to reach the work. I think that is a good While all of this new aca- people and spread the start." demic leadership has kept The Cronk family will be Cronk busy, he has also been gospel. " visiting a total of three cities in preparing for a more spiritual _ Keith Cronk Australia-Sydney, Gosford, line of work. and Toowoomba. The Cronk family was a part "We'reprayingaboutitand ofthe congregationinToowoomba,Australia,where • talking about it," Cronk said. "The main objective Harding students began doing mission work in the • is to work with churches in their outreach promid 1980s. : gram. We are trying to reach people and spread "We used to let our kids out of school for a • the gospel." Administrative Directors Jim Baird, B.A. Manager/ Desktop Services Mike Chalenburg, B.A. Manager/Info. Software Ann Dixon, M.L.S. Director/Library John Nunnally, M.S. Manager/Network Operations Jonathon Picklesimer, M.S. System Support Specialist David Woodroof, B.A. Dir./EducationalMedia Services vice president for information technology 185
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